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Re: When is "off" off?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:21:10 GMT
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"Mitchell Lichtenberg" <mlichtsr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:J0sw36.1JAt@lugnet.com...
> If I attach a motor to a battery box and twist the motor arbor I get
> resistance
> EVEN if the battery box is switched off. This means that the
> current,generated
> by the motor, is getting through, correct? Is the current just bridging
> the
> contacts or is it going through to the batteries? Is there a 'drain'
> condition
> if motors are left plugged into battery boxes or RCXs? I know the gurus
> out
> there can give me an answer. Thanks.
The battery box shorts the connection in the off position.
Bob
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http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/
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| If I attach a motor to a battery box and twist the motor arbor I get resistance EVEN if the battery box is switched off. This means that the current,generated by the motor, is getting through, correct? Is the current just bridging the contacts or is (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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